The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers - Books - - 9798671159486 - October 21, 2020
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The Riddle of the Sands

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Book Excerpt: ...perambulator and some hot and dusty children lagging fretfully behind; some rustic sightseers draining the last dregs of the daylight in an effort to make out from their guide-books which of these reverend piles was which; a policeman and a builder's cart. Of course the club was a strange one, both of my own being closed for cleaning, a coincidence expressly planned by Providence for my inconvenience. The club which you are 'permitted to make use of' on these occasions always irritates with its strangeness and discomfort. The few occupants seem odd and oddly dressed, and you wonder how they got there. The particular weekly that you want is not taken in; the dinner is execrable, and the ventilation a farce. All these evils oppressed me to-night. And yet I was puzzled to find that somewhere within me there was a faint lightening of the spirits; causeless, as far as I could discover. It could not be Davies's letter. Yachting in the Baltic at the end of September! The very idea made one shudder. Cowes, with a ple...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 21, 2020
ISBN13 9798671159486
Pages 264
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 15 mm   ·   390 g
Language English  

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